Most of the content of Site Library is written in the variant of English called American. Unfortunately the percentage of people with Internet access that can read it is rapidly falling. A way to counteract will be to offer the same content in different languages, but this is very time consuming. Can programs help ? Automatic translation systems into other languages deliver a gist translation - at best. Another possibility may be to get versions in language variants that are believed to be closer related to the source language. Here is one result produced by a service I found on the net, the text on our front page reads then like this:
Site Libary Haven fo' Web Wan'erers A colleckive effo't t'he'p cornneck th' pieces of th' web. Well bust mah britches an' call me streaker.
Link Collecko's Community: To share interests in splorin' th' web. Well bust mah britches an' call me streaker. Po'tal includes direcko'y edito's community fo'ums an' weblogs wif topics sech as link indexin', search, web technologies, online communities, culture, an' language. Ketch a glimpse of th' latess entries below.
SiteLibrary Web Direcko'y: High quality an' user-friendly direcko'y. Submitcher site o' jest a site thet yo' reckon is fine. *Please read submisshun guidelines hyar*.
Bookmarks Parkin' Direcko'y: A projeck t'o'ganize browser favo'ites into a searchable bookmarks direcko'y. Provides internet favo'ites sto'age, wif a quick-add bookmarklet, varmintalized catego'ies, site dexcripshuns an' keywo'ds, search, topic area fo' crostlinkin' similar bookmarks, an' listin's of noo, popular, an' top-rated sites. Save yer link colleckshun online fo' easy access fum ennywhar, an' he'p yer favo'ite sites git popular. *Fambly-safe only please*.
It's a start, isn't it ?
Credits:
http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/ The Dialectizer "Browse the web or read text in any of several comic English dialects. Pick from Redneck, Jive, Cockney, Elmer Fudd, Swedish Chef, Moron, and Pig Latin." The Redneck, Moron, Pig Latin, and Hacker translators are original creations of Samuel Stoddard. The original draft of the Jive dialect was written by Daniel V. Klein, based on work by Clement Cole, with improvements by Samuel Stoddard. The Swedish Chef dialect was written by John Hagerman.
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Really Bad Jokes
Written on 02/19/05 at 20:32:55 GMT by mbu
http://www.rinkworks.com/jokes/ "If you're a masochist, read them. If you're a sadist, tell them. This archive of the worst jokes in the world has something for everybody. ..."
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